Ottke vs Reid Round 6 worst show of refereeing in a top level fight ever ?

No ones sayin bad decision/refereeing doesn't happen everywhere, but u have to admit the referee in this bout is shocking. Am irish aswell so not being biased.

 

Not a "top" level fight but it still annoys me when I watch it back....

[edit] Airich fight

On 30 May 2008 Williams defeated unbeaten German, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Airich"]Konstantin Airich[/ame] in a highly controversial fight. Williams had a total of 3 points deducted in rounds 2 and 5[11] creating a feeling afterwards that the referee was blatantly on the side of the German. In addition he was given 2 standing 8 counts by the referee in round 3 despite not actually being knocked down or touching the canvas, and was also counted after slipping in round 4.[12] After managing to fight back and score a knockdown himself in round 5, in the 6th round Williams unleashed a series of extremely punishing blows on his opponent sending him reeling across the ring At this point Airich's promoter Ahmet Oner controversially ran over and rang the timekeeper's bell himself to end the round and save his fighter, even though there was still 1:28 left to go in the round.[13] Despite this confusion the fight continued after the shortened 6th round and after seeing his man absorb more heavy punishment in the next round Oner eventually threw in the towel handing Williams a 7th round TKO victory.
In the aftermath of the fight Williams was extremely critical of the performance of both the referee and fight promoters, and has called for the British Boxing Board of Control to conduct an immediate investigation into the fight.[14][15]

 

This and Williams vs Airich are the worst fights i have ever seen regarding ref's and officials

 

I'm wondering... if Reid was Argentinian or Japanese instead of British, would the UK boxing fans still post that Ottke-Reid video every other month? :deal

 

Get away. That video isn't posted every month and you know that this is a bull **** win for Ottke. He should have lost this fight. There are some bad decisions in the UK, this mostly happens at domestic level though. Never seen anything too bad in a title fight. Ottke was basically just a top ten fighter for 3-4 years, nothing more.

 

Reid was warned for punching Ottke with so-called cuffing shots. They were just hooks. Ottke got knocked down and the ref didn't even think to count, he just let Ottke get back up and continue as if nothing had happened. Who cares if Reid had a couple of real infractions, they pale in comparison with the favours Ottke got. The English commentator is irrelevant, Ottke got a gift.